I've driven a couple of the newer Equinox's at work and they seemed decent, pretty comfortable and decent ride, interior looks pretty nice but I didn't really care much for the functionality as far as some of the control placement but I'm sure that's something that you would get used to. My wife and I bought a 2011 Kia Sorento last year and love it. For the price it came with a lot of features that we wanted, roomy, comfortable ride and pretty good gas mileage for it's size.